Lowah Thomas (1 results)
Published by Rams Skull Press, Kuranda, Qld., 1988
- Softcover
- First Edition
Seller: Lawrence Jones Books, Ashmore, QLD, AustraliaLawrence Jones Books
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Soft Cover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. 148pp, bw ills. Pictorial orange card covers. Prev owner bookplate inside front cover which has caused offset toning to title page. With Compliments stamp of the author to title page. One of the first autobiographies of a Torres Strait Islander. The author recounts his life as a d…iver on pearl luggers in the Torres Straight and along the Great Barrier Reef; his time in the army during WWII, and various jobs on his return including on the railways and at an Abroiginal mission in the Gulf country, finally retiring to Cairns. Size: 8vo. Crooke, Ray. (illustrator).
